Herminie is a census-designated place in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census. Herminie is named for Herminie Berwind, whose husband, Charles Berwind, was President of the Ocean Coal Company. The first mine at Herminie, known as the "Ocean No. 1 Mine," was op…Herminie is a census-designated place in Sewickley Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 856 at the 2000 census. Herminie is named for Herminie Berwind, whose husband, Charles Berwind, was President of the Ocean Coal Company. The first mine at Herminie, known as the "Ocean No. 1 Mine," was opened in 1893 by Berwind-White Coal Company, of which Ocean Coal Company was a subsidiary. Fifty double houses were built for miners, plus five single-family houses for managers on Church Street. By 1900, the mine employed 271 people.
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